#72 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/72/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:18:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png #72 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/72/ 32 32 University of Ghana Gandhi Statue in Accra https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/university-of-ghana-gandhi-statue-in-accra?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=university-of-ghana-gandhi-statue-in-accra Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:49:33 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// In June 2016, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was gifted to the University of Ghana in Accra, by the Indian President. Shortly after, staff and students at the University circulated a petition calling for the statue’s removal due to Gandhi’s racist writings on Africans. In 2018, two years after the #GandhiForComedown movement protested the statue, […]

The post University of Ghana Gandhi Statue in Accra appeared first on Contested Histories.

]]> In June 2016, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was gifted to the University of Ghana in Accra, by the Indian President. Shortly after, staff and students at the University circulated a petition calling for the statue’s removal due to Gandhi’s racist writings on Africans. In 2018, two years after the #GandhiForComedown movement protested the statue, it was finally removed. This case study explores the dynamics between pragmatic interests such as maintaining favourable diplomatic relations and public sensitivities.

The post University of Ghana Gandhi Statue in Accra appeared first on Contested Histories.

]]>